I am checked-in and ready to go. A little early, but you never know when you need extra time. Once when I was flying out of Buffalo, the border crossing took about two hours longer than anticipated. Luckily, I'd planned to be a few hours early so I still made my...

Last night I had a dream that I left my hand baggage on the bus. In order to try to get it back, I had to describe my bag to the general public over the loudspeaker, but I couldn't because it's a new bag, and I couldn't remember what it looked like. The last part is...

Usually, I pack about a week ahead of time and then spend a week second guessing my packing. So this time I thought, "no way! Just take a couple of days and poof! Done!" Didn't quite work out. Actually, I'm done packing now, but felt rushed. However, it only took...

Well, it's been an excruciatingly long time since I last wrote a post, but the exciting existing events behoove broadcast! I started this blog almost 3 years ago when I received a Chalmers Arts Fellowship from the Ontario Arts Council in order to study acting and...

Matt and I have been working the smallsword fight that I used in Estonia to see what we can discover. Like the Longsword fight, we’re finding many nuances in the kinds of attacks and responses we’re making, not to mention how important it is to be specific in the time...

Tomorrow, Thursday May 25, 2011, is closing night for The Hobbit in London, Ontario. I had the distinct privilege and pleasure to be fight director on this show. Director Susan Ferley brought together a fantastic group of people, and made my job much easier (and I...

Epic fail on the blogging this time around! I have lots of notes though, so I'll get to posting tidbits very soon. To tell you the truth, I get these enormous ideas, and have a hard time distilling them into small "blog-sized" articles. Less worry, more writing!

I'm starting the third and final travel phase of this fellowship. I'm also catching up on lots of posts. It's been incredibly busy since Sweden, and I'm waaaay behind on writing. I'm going to upload them as I get them done. Stay tuned!

I have been loving the weather in Tromsø over the last 24 hours. I love snow (I live in a condo, so I don’t have to shovel it), and it’s been snowing on and off for the last day. To watch it fall on the city and then see the city and the mountains a glow with snow is...

The dates for my study tours in Sweden and London are confirmed! Check out the Schedule page to see when. More details to follow. -- update: February 23, 2017 This blog has been migrated from its original home to this page, so you can't find the Schedule page any...

It never ceases to amaze me how I start to think about stage combat in random situations. Well, what I really mean, is that we’ll be chatting about something completely different and it’ll apply to my work. I’ve decided to start posting “Points to Ponder” whenever...

Wine, whiskey, cheese, and stunt coordinators? « Thems Fightin Words. Good post by Kevin Inouye on "craftsmanship": standing up for your opinions and safety, vs being a loudmouth or misplacing your energy (and actually holding things up in the long...